Distilling apparatus.



PATENTBD AUG. 27,1907.

1an-A. MACKIE. DISTILLING APPARATUS.

A PPLOATION .EILBD' Nov. 1o. 190e "STATES 'PATENT OFFICE.

-HENRY A. MACKIE, oF NEW oRLEANs, LouisiANA.

DIISTILLING A?PARATUS.

Specification of Letters latent.

Patented Aug'. 27, 1907'.

spp'uo'rrior noa lovombor 10, 190s. soriri No. 342,890.

.iS-To whomt may A B. i t known that I, llnnnrA. Mmm, a,` citizen Mythe lUnited States, residing at New Grisons, in the n perish-vof `Orleans-andSts`.,te' of'Louisiana, have invented .'certainwnew and useful Improvements 'in Apparatus; and 'I d o'hereby 4declare the fouowingxro bo'jo fun, door, donor `dloooriprioii to tho rigores,-

.of theinventiom such as'vwill enable others skilled theme11 invention relates to Lapparatusfor extracting turpentine and otherprodcts from wood, and con? sists in theirnprovements hereinafter described, for facilitating the reception and ejection' ofthe mass toA be operated upon, with certain improvements in 'the-"manner Aof introducing steam and the `connec- ,indicates the retort yvertically 'ar-ranged, and provided with thev steam tight man-hole Affat its upper end'ior the reception of the. man of to'be operated upon.

Blis the-steam pipe.le'a ding to the retort A and.

psvidedwith e regulating-valve 4B, and C is a tapering vapor from the retort A to the conf dense! D and provided with a valve. C forregulating thepressureintheretort. o.

:The retort A is preferably lconstructed slanting at ih 'lowerfend to allow the premature-.condensation fromytlie materialto te the lowestpoint and to bo'drown off when dooirod through a 1min-.pipo E endtrap. El-,ofthe The retort A ,is further'v withlan encirclingl a onjits andt o make aifsteam Atightconnection g end, to the retortA4 by meansoi clips b andprovided a( tightly closed.

"onthe free ends 'with hand bfor clamping a and comprisinganouter circular pipe c and .inw s'flrrip c* Provided with c of the' apparatus; Fig. 2..

agant the-'flange' when closed; .The `(1 -andn "door-ia( are provided with spaced.resatsringidiotas' andnfrespegtivelnintoy which arel adapted to slip the threadodlocking barsbrpivotellyattached atenei o i. toom diri'ribuiorouiiibiy, morimos oo rho c* is a. steam pipe `opening into the'center of the distributer c and connected to the steam inlet B,

by means of a flexible metallic hose c5 thus allowing the distributer to swing with thedoor a without danger to its connections. The door a being closed' the operation isfas follows: Sawdustor finely ground,

wood-io irirro'diiod into rho roiori A through ure msn- 4hole A', and valve B is operated to permit steam to enter through pipe B, flexible pipe c, pipe cf,

andthe distributor c, thus projecting the steam evenly '1 through the mass of material. The steam in forcing its -way upward through the material heats and evaporates the 4tur'pentine and other products, and the vapor thus formed passes out through 'pipe C to the condenser D to be condensed in the well known manner, the pressure being regulated by valve C.

' After the products have been extracted and the pre mature condensation drawn ofi through pipe E and imp Ef, uro looking boro biro withdrawn by' moons of uro hand 'oorowo b2 arid th door oporiod allowing the used material todrop'out.

,It will be seen that this construction does away with .the necessity of raking and cleaning the retort after each operation and it also does awaywith the necessity of resetting the steam distributing means.4

thus described the construction and operation of my apparatus, what I claim is-f 1. In a device of the character described, a vertical retort, `means for receiving the material 'at the upper end thereof, a hinged door` mounted on the lower end of said' retort to' facilitate jthe removal of the material, a steam supplyl pipe, a steam distributor mounted onV said door,

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and !lexible connections between said pipe and said distr'lbuter, substantially as described."

2. Ina device of the character described, a vertical retort,- means for receivinguthe material at the upper end thereof, a hinged door 'mounted on the lower endv oi! said retort yto facilitate the removal of the material, locking menns for said door, a steam supplypipe',` a steam dis- .tributar-mounted on said door, and a flexible steam pipe tlnlly as described 3. In a device -of the character described',

between 'said supply pipe and said distrihuter, substatb.

thereof for the reception of the material, said retort being constructed slanting on itslower nd and provided withl en encircling' ilange, a swinging door hinged to close tightly against said flange, locking means for said-door, a

steam supply pipas steam. distributer,Y mounted on said door, and iiexlble steam connections between said pipe and `said`distributer whereby said distributer may be swung 4downwardly with .said door .to allow the material t`o drop ont, and may be resetwhen said door is closed, substan- VAtiaily as describedr 4. In a device otthegcharacter described, a vertical retort, a steam tight man-hole varranged at the upper end tliereotlfol'v the reception 'ot the material, said 'retort being `constructed planting on itslowe'r end and provided with an encircling flanges swinging door hinged to. close-tightly against leid #Ingersaid door end said'ilangebeing pro a vertical retort, a steam tight men-hole arrangedatthe upper end vided with n plurality of registering, peripheral slots, ilu-ruderi locking;- iml's pivntaily attached to the retort und miupied tu he prujveiml inio said registering slots, hund :wrews adapted iu lie screwed upon said. locking b urs below said door 1.o muke :i shaun-iight connection, u steam supply pipe, al steam distribuUsr mounted on said door, und a` iluxible steam pipo communicating.; hetweensaid Supply.

pipe und said distributor whereby Suid distributer may be swung dmvnwilrdly with said door tu allow the in uteriai to drop out, and may be automatically reset whensaid dem' l() is again closed, substantially as described.

In. testimony whereof, `I alx my signature, in preseneu of two Witnesses.

HENRY A. MACKIE.

Witnesses:

FRANK T. ECHEJABAL; J. II.' RAM. 

